Trying to make it to the bye week

[sandi2]

I haven't seen anything out of Starsky in a couple months. Hope he's okay.

I don't know if it's "right" or not but I'm getting to the point where I'm just ready for it to be over.

I have not been in your shoes, but from what I read...you are perfectly normal by having these feelings.

I remember having a friend who was much younger than me, and she had turned to me during her difficult time. She and her H had two children and she was scared to death she would lose them. I can't remember right now who was filing for D, but the H had convinced her that he'd get full custody. The night before, she called me crying. This was a young lady I knew had grown up in the Church, so I approached her from that belief I knew she had. When she said she was afraid of what the next day would bring b/c of what her H had told her, I said, "God is not afraid of your H! H doesn't trump God in no way of speaking. No matter what strings H thinks he can pull.....you just remember that you have the main string straight to God's heart and He will take care of you. But what you have to do is to walk into that courtroom with all of your convidence in God's power, not H's. You have to have faith that no matter what might happen tomorrow, God will work things out for your good in the long run. But you have to trust Him."

The next evening, she called me to tell me how things went. She didn't even sound like the same person! She kept saying, "You were right! I can't believe I allowed myself to get so scared."

I guess what I'm trying to tell you is to have faith that in the long run, God will work things out for your good....if you'll trust Him.

It took me a long time to learn what real faith is all about. It is "resting" in the fact that your God will handle it for you. Everytime you start to worry, fret, get angry, or try to force others to do what you want....you've stopped resting.

You've got the most powerful "counselor/advisor" there is!